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太阳耀斑期间等离子体成分的演化

The Evolution of Plasma Composition During a Solar Flare

Andy S. H. To, David M. Long, Deborah Baker, David H. Brooks, Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi, J. Martin Laming, Gherardo Valori

摘要:

我们分析了日冕元素丰度在一个小耀斑使用Hinode/EIS观测。与耀斑前的元素丰度相比,我们观察到日冕中Ca XIV 193.84 eV的丰度大幅增加,这是一条具有低第一电离电位(FIP < 10 eV)的发射线,由耀斑期间的Ca/Ar比率量化。这与使用Si X 258.38 Ω/S X 264.23 Ω观察到的不变丰度比形成对比。我们提出了两种不同的机制来解释不同的组合物的结果。首先,小耀斑引起的加热可能电离了S,但没有电离惰性气体Ar,因此耀斑驱动的阿尔芬波通过作用于离子的有质动力将Si,S和Ca串联起来。其次,耀斑位于两个黑子之间的强磁场中,这可能表明分馏发生在低色球层,那里的背景气体是中性H。在该区域中,高FIP S可以表现得更像低FIP而不是高FIP元件。提出的物理解释产生了新的见解耀斑期间太阳大气中等离子体丰度的演变,并建议必须更新当前的模型,以反映动态而不仅仅是静态的情况。

英文摘要:

We analyse the coronal elemental abundances during a small flare using Hinode/EIS observations. Compared to the pre-flare elemental abundances, we observed a strong increase in coronal abundance of Ca XIV 193.84 Å, an emission line with low first ionisation potential (FIP < 10 eV), as quantified by the ratio Ca/Ar during the flare. This is in contrast to the unchanged abundance ratio observed using Si X 258.38 Å/S X 264.23 Å. We propose two different mechanisms to explain the different composition results. Firstly, the small flare-induced heating could have ionised S, but not the noble gas Ar, so that the flare-driven Alfvén waves brought up Si, S and Ca in tandem via the ponderomotive force which acts on ions. Secondly, the location of the flare in strong magnetic fields between two sunspots may suggest fractionation occurred in the low chromosphere, where the background gas is neutral H. In this region, high-FIP S could behave more like a low-FIP than a high-FIP element. The physical interpretations proposed generate new insights into the evolution of plasma abundances in the solar atmosphere during flaring, and suggests that current models must be updated to reflect dynamic rather than just static scenarios.

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